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November 14th: A Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing

happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day

seeing u actually post on here was like a jump scare <--- girl who also doesn't post on here

The joy of ttrpgs, to me, is that anyone can hack them. After years of hearing people say "wouldn't it be cool if" about digital games and then sighing at the sheer ludicrousness of work involved, a medium where someone can suggest something at the table and then you can just do it, is bliss.

Devilition Crew Digital Download - Peach Garden Games's Ko-fi Shop Finally, own the microgame first debuted in the Leonthology! A combat game for 2-4 players with or without a GM. Play as Wreckers, people who play h...

New game release!

Do you want a tactical, fast-paced combat game with no prep time and no GM needed?

Do you want to beat the everliving shit out of a mech that is also a church?

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I have a really hard time remembering my original intentions for things, so I kinda always have to constantly deconstruct my work on any long term project ever. but it's very different to do it for something that's already finished.

waiiit it's actually fun as hell to deconstruct your own art

In a better world, in a more just world, there'd be a dedicated soda fountain in every Taco Bell with ALL of the Baja flavors on demand. You'd have one soda fountain with the standard pepsi assortment, and one with just 12-15 mountain dew varieties, each lab-tested to taste good with taco bell.

constantly always thinking about the rooftop scene in daredevil s2

but yeah anyways, working on this next game. I'm thinking a lot about the relationship players have with the medium, and how the expectations they bring can fill in the blanks in interesting ways.

I'm really happy with how streamlined the game ended up being. and the lack of highly specific communication has led to a lot of really interesting interpretations of the rules of play. but some areas might rely too much on that interpretation for some players.

I think most of the decision behind that was just lack of space. fitting each mask on only one page was a challenge, and some things had to be cut to make that work. but I don't think the game is any less whole because of that.

thinking about player behavior and what's not necessary to communicate. in MotM, the text never asks players to make their own character, or to even give them a name. yet it happens. it's what we expected of TTRPGs though, so it doesn't need to be communicated. that doesn't always work though!

Always worth looking at how an artist approaches his script. Here's Gibbons' annotation for Watchmen's panel 1.

the album art for the upcoming 10 year anniversary edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION with expanded tracks

there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is

The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker isn’t some D&D clone with a couple interesting ideas that the creator splurged their life savings on. For better or worse, digital distribution makes it so that you don’t have to go bankrupt to make a game. (For better imho)

The modern equivalent of a heartbreaker is some game that no one has ever heard about that has amazing design principles that are innovative or elegant or just really well done, but that are languishing on itch because no one has ever thought to read it.

Art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists making art about artists

"This game's rules is frustrating to players" not as a failure state, but as a fecund site of intentional design / artistic possibility.

I do think people have a hard time with this. It goes against orthodox, deeply held assumptions that friction between rules and players is Bad Design.

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OBSESSED with this idea

The correct way to do a Plastic Man movie in the DCU would be to make it entirely 2D, hand-dawn animation, and then have the character appear in any live action projects as a Roger Rabbit-esque cartoon character. No one EVER remarks upon this fact, and it is NEVER explained.

The Expressionist Games Manifesto “Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…

good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
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I spend a Very Normal amount of time thinking about superheroes lmao 😵‍💫

I think the contrast is extremely compelling! Superman stands out so much besides all the other characters. I think Lois and Clark's relationship is a really good microcosm of this actually, especially in that interview scene. The balance between cynicism and optimism is intrinsic to Superman

We're excited to announce the Games for Palestine charity page is now LIVE on Itch.

Over 300+ games with proceeds going to UNRWA USA in support of Gaza relief. Thank you to everyone for your support. The bundle launches on Sept 2nd 9am PST.

Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

little study I did of the Masks recently. love to play with shapes ✨

I'm always in awe of your passion for games and AP. You bring an excitement to the things you do that's just so infectious. Hope you have a wonderful birthday ✨

YouTube video by GM Jeff Stormer Masks of the Masks: An Actual Play Audio Drama - Coming Soon to Kickstarter

This is a story about violence. This is a story about failure. This is a story about vigilantes. This is NOT a story about superheroes.

Coming soon to Kickstarter.

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hey @jdragsky.bsky.social the pallet grid is pretty great, and reading this made it click pretty hard and wonder when this has happened at tables I've been present in. good shit, implementing it at the table tomorrow.

Batgirl illustration with a limited color palette. It’s an hommage to the cover of Batman #241 by Neal Adams.

Batgirl

An Ana Valens Daily Dot article: Itch.io is not the NSFW, LGBTQ safe haven you think it is There's a weak link. Ana Valens Ana Valens IRL Published May 13, 2021 Updated May 22, 2021, 11:22 am CDT Opinion

In 2021 I warned itchio could one day face payment processor censorship. Many people thought I was creating drama by “attacking” the company

Four years later, here we are. I was right, unfortunately

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